Water-wheel.



Patented lune l0, I902.

-s. SHULTZ. WATER WHEEL,

' 'appliratiol} filed Oct 9, 1901.5

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(No Model.)

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No. 702,25l.

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WATER WHEE Patented June l0, I902.

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SAMUEL SHULTZ, or'srnonos'rown, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,251, dated June 10, 1902.

Application fi led Qotolier 9, Serial No. 78,069. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it knownthat ,I, SAMUEL SH ULTZ, a citi zen of the United States, and a resident of Strongstown, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Water-Wheel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a \va'ter-wheel arranged to turn on a vertical axis and having.

in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the,

invention, partly broken away. Fig. 2 ma horizontal section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. I

Ct represents an exterior casing or framing, which may be of any construction desired, and within which is supported a reservoir 1) for carrying the water. be a continuation of a flumeor aqueduct conveying the water to the motor, or it may be. a separate tank into which the iiume discharges. I have here illustrated it as a separate tank, although it will, be fully understood that this feature may be changed radically without departing from the spirit of my invention. A vertical shaft 0 is revolubly mounted below the reservoir 17 and carries the wheel 01, which is provided on its periphery with a number of V-shaped buckets e, extending radially and opening at the base'of the V.

Opposite the openings, or, in other words, at,

the point of the V, the buckets are formed with air-holes e for permitting the ready escape of air, as will-be more fully described This reservoir m ay.

centric with respect to the wheel d, and are adapted .to discharge streams of water against the open or hollow sidesof the buckets 6,

(see Fig. 1,) thus-driving the wheel in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1. The water striking the buckets diagonally to the planeofthe wheel forces itself into the contracted portions of the buckets, and after its energy is spent the water flows from the lower sides of the buckets The perforations e permit the free passage of air intoand out of the buckets, and thusfacilitate dropping the dead water. This prevents carryingthe dead water around orpartly around with the buckets, which operation would otherwise take place and which would .inaterially detract from the efficiency of the motor.

' The spouts f are commanded by gates g,

attached to rods g, which are suitably carried tomove vertically and provided with transverse pins working in the slots h of a band or wheel 7t, mounted to turn around the shaft 0. The slots h are diagonal, and when the band or wheel h is given a slight turning movement in one direction or the other the gates g are simultaneously raised or lowered, according to the direction in which the band or wheel is turned;

from the bottom of the reservoirband con- 1 spout, Vertically-extending rods carrying said gates and provided with transverse pins at their upper ends, and a band or wheel mounted to turn on the shaft within the reservoir and provided with a series of similar diagonal slots engaging said pins, whereby the gates may be simultaneously raised or lowered.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SAMUEL SHULTZ. Witnesses:

S. A. E. BRALLIER, JAMES B. GRAHAM. 

